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Mandaley Perkins
Mandaley Perkins is the author of Hanoi, adieu, and Tropic Tide. Her love of writing was inspired by a fascination for South-East Asia and its history, and the experiences of her ...view moreMandaley Perkins is the author of Hanoi, adieu, and Tropic Tide. Her love of writing was inspired by a fascination for South-East Asia and its history, and the experiences of her own family during World War 2 and beyond.
Her books among other things explore the fall of the French Empire in Indochina, and the British Empire in Singapore and Malaya, weaving the history through the personal experience of those who were there.
From the Japanese invasions in World War 2 to the postwar communist insurrections in Malaya and Vietnam, Mandaley was absorbed by how the different approaches taken by the French and the British in their colonial possessions led to such different outcomes, how decisions made far away in Paris, London and Washington affected the lives of the people, and how what happened in those post war years resonates with events unfurling in the world today.
Hanoi, adieu was shortlisted for the 2006 NSW Premier's Literary Award for non-fiction (Douglas Stuart Prize).
Mandaley lives in Brisbane with her husband and three children.view less